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MP3's and the audiophile

I am sure this subject has been discussed abnauseum here. is there ONE single format, whether it is mp3, AIFF, or whatever, that will give me an ACCURATE bit by bit copy of any red book cd? I am planning on loading up my entire collection on my server and later download any album I feel like listening to my ipod which will be plugged to my reference system. I know some will frown at the idea. but I am thinking of something more practical here. something like streaming data from the server via a wireless card into my main stereo. I like the idea of sitting in front of my stereo and being able to control what song i want to hear via the itunes interface or something similar. i've done it before, thing is now I am thinking the next logical step would be to convert every album I own to whatever format gives me the best quality, and I mean by best, exactly how i hear it via CD. I am using CD-DA extractor 9.0 for this task. anyone knows if there's a similar app under OSX that works as well as the CD extractor under winxp?
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kthomas
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WMA has a lossless format. There are others, but I wouldn't try to list them - I use WMA. This approach definitely gives you bit-for-bit support, and loading them all up and running them from computer definitely gives you the flexibility you describe. You might get an audiophile demerit, but it certainly is the right way to interact with a music collection for me.

WMA isn't supported by iTunes. Again, there are others that are, but not WMA.
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